Kingdom of Gaming, Tahaluf and organizer material for dates, venue, tickets, programme and lineup information.
Trust & transparency
How KOG26 works.
KOG26 is an independent, unofficial visitor guide for Kingdom of Gaming 2026 in Riyadh, with practical hotel, transport and after-hours information for visitors attending the separate, co-located Black Hat MEA 2026 event.
Last updated: 3 October 2026
About the events
Kingdom of Gaming and Black Hat MEA: same venue, separate events.
Kingdom of Gaming 2026 and Black Hat Middle East & Africa (Black Hat MEA) 2026 take place on 1–3 December 2026 at Riyadh Exhibition & Convention Center (RECC), Malham. Kingdom of Gaming focuses on the gaming industry and culture; Black Hat MEA is a separate cybersecurity event. Tickets, schedules and access conditions should be checked with each organizer independently.
KOG26 primarily covers Kingdom of Gaming. Our Black Hat hotel guide and after-event Riyadh guide answer overlapping visitor questions without claiming to be an official resource for either event.
Official sources: Kingdom of Gaming ↗ and Black Hat MEA FAQs ↗.
Source hierarchy
Primary sources first.
We use the strongest available source for each kind of fact.
Company or individual announcements when verifying exhibitors, speakers, creators or formal participation.
Saudi government, airport, metro, hotel and venue sources for travel and visitor information.
AI disclosure
AI may assist. Facts still get checked.
AI-assisted tools may help organize research, compare sources, draft structure and improve wording. We do not treat generated text as a source. Time-sensitive claims are checked against the cited or linked primary source before publication.
We avoid publishing speculative speaker lists, exhibitor rosters, schedules, prices or transport arrangements as confirmed facts.
Update policy
What changes gets rechecked.
Event information can move quickly as December approaches.
Mutable pages show when the information was last reviewed.
Organizer attendance or exhibitor targets are labeled as targets rather than completed-event results.
If you spot an error or have direct confirmation, email m@magid.io.
Commercial transparency
Affiliate links.
KOG26 may add hotel or travel affiliate links. When a link can generate commission, the relationship will be clearly disclosed. Commercial relationships do not change the standard used to verify event facts.
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